French molten salt reactor developer Stellaria has announced it is seeking the necessary authorisations to construct an experimental reactor. Its application is now under review.  ; ...
This is the first time in history a fuel like this has seen success. Scientists achieve historic breakthrough with salt ...
US-based Terrestrial Energy has executed an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement with the Department ...
What if the next big thing in nuclear energy was a dusty old idea from the Cold War era? Once considered to power nuclear bombers, molten salt reactors (MSRs) are in the spotlight, promising safer, ...
Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...
As the U.S. works to meet growing energy demands and reassert its position as an energy leader, companies are focusing on developing advanced reactors. These next-generation reactors, particularly ...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a construction permit to Abilene Christian University (ACU) to build the Natura MSR-1, marking the first U.S. university research reactor approved in ...
A team from the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) the Netherlands has built the first molten salt reactor powered by thorium in decades. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...
The liquid-fueled molten salt reactors such as the MSRE and the TMSR-LF have distinguishing dynamic features compared with solid-fueled reactors, such that conventional system analysis codes are not ...
The experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten salt reactor in Wuwei, Gansu Province, has achieved the first successful conversion of thorium-uranium nuclear fuel, the Shanghai Institute of Applied ...